Biology:Chaetocneme critomedia

Short description: Species of butterfly

Chaetocneme critomedia
C. c. sphinterifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Chaetocneme
Species:	C. critomedia
Binomial name
Chaetocneme critomedia (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
Synonyms
Hesperia critomedia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 Casyapa sphinterifera Fruhstorfer, 1910

Chaetocneme critomedia, the banded red-eye or banded dusk-flat, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Guinea and Australia .

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Blephocarya involucrigera, Annona reticulata, Mallotus polyadenos, Neolitsea dealbata, Syzygium bamagense and Commersonia bartramia.

Subspecies

• Chaetocneme critomedia critomedia (Indonesia)
• Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Cape York, Australia )

External links

• Australian Insects
• The Life History of Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera
• Australian Faunal Directory

Wikidata ☰ Q5066632 entry